What is hydrogenation? What is its industrial application?

by Doubtly (98.9k points) in Carbon and its Compounds asked Dec 8, 2021 413 views

edited Jun 29, 2023

What is hydrogenation? What is its industrial application?

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by Doubtly (98.9k points) answered Dec 8, 2021

by Doubtly selected Jun 29, 2023

Hydrogenation is the chemical reaction between hydrogen and other compounds in the presence of catalyst. Hydrogenation is used mainly to reduce saturated hydrocarbons. Hydrogenation is an addition reaction.For Example: When ethene is heated with the catalyst nickel it is reduced to ethane.
Industrial application:
→ >Hydrogenation is used in many industrial applications. For example; in Petrochemical Industry, hydrogenation is used to convert alkenes into alkanes (paraffins) and cycloalkanes.
→ It is also used to prepare vegetable ghee from vegetable oils.

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